Tim started working in Emergency Management after the Southern WV flooding in 2001 as a contractor. Shortly afterwards, he was hired to work in the National Flood Insurance Program and became a Certified Floodplain Manager in 2004. After several years in the NFIP program, he moved on to become the State Hazard Mitigation Officer in 2010. Due to the tremendous amount of work involved and the low salary, he went to work for the Cabell County Commission in 2012 as the Administrator of Grants, Planning and Permits. Because of political issues he went to work for the Putnam County Commission in 2015 as the Floodplain Permit Officer and Senior Planner. In 2018 he went back to work with the State as an NFIP Specialist. In 2020, Tim was offered a position with IEM (Innovative Emergency Management) to run the Flood Mitigation Assistance Program in Puerto Rico. He took the position and worked from his home for nearly a year during COVID. Because he was never deployed and didn't like the tasks he was given, when he received a call from the state he gladly applied for and accepted the position of Mitigation Planner. He was named NFIP Coordinator in July of 2022 and was awarded the Stacey Ricks Memorial, State Coordinator of the Year from FEMA Headquarters in November 2023.